obtĭcesco (opt-), tĭcŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [obticeo],
to become or be struck silent; in perf. , to be silent (syn. obmutesco): obticuit obticescit, Not. Tir. p. 90: quid, amabo, opticuisti? Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 28: quid nunc obticuisti? Ter. Phorm. 991 (dub.; Umpfenb. and Fleck. obstipuisti): repente obticuit, Just. 32, 2, 3: nec prius obticuit quam, etc., Ov. M. 14, 523: chorus, Hor. A. P. 284; Mart. 10, 17, 4.—With acc.: cetera obticuit, Lact. Ira Dei, 4, 13.